Guard for safety razors



Nov. 30 1943. w. M.. REYNOLDS 2,335,536

7 GUARD FOR SAFETY RAZORS Filed Aug. 2'7, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet l InventorNov. 30 1943. w. M. REYNOLDS 2,335,536

GUARD FOR SAFETY RAZORS Filed Aug. 27, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor 2a Wi/ZZ erMB Jqn/aMS Patented Nov. 30, 1943 GUARD FOR SAFETY RAZOESWalter M. Reynolds, Corpus Christi, Tex., assignor of one-fourth to PaulCox and one-fourth to Elbert Cox, Corpus Christi, T'ex.

Application August 2'7, 1942, Serial No. 456,395

1 Claim. ("01. 30-77) My invention relates to improvements in guards forsafety razors, the principal object in view being to provide a guardwhich will fit substantially any type of razor using a double edge bladeand a detachable guard, and which will not choke with lather, cuttings,and the like, is easy to clean without detachment, and reduces to aminimum resistance to progress of the blade over the face.

Other and subordinate objects are also comprehended by my invention, allof which, together with the precise nature of my improvements, will bereadily understood when the succeeding description and claim are readwith reference to the drawings accompanying and forming part of thisspecification.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in rear elevation of my improvided guard, in itspreferred embodiment, applied to one type of Gillette safety razor.

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation,

Figure 3 is a view in front elevation of the guard detached,

Figure 4 is a view in side elevation of the guard shown in Figures 1 to3 applied to another type of Gillette razor,

Figure 5 is a view in edge elevation of the guard shown in Figure 1,

Figure 6 is a view in rear elevation of a modified form of guardattached to the type of Gillette razor shown in Figure 1,

Figure '7 is a view in side elevation of the same,

Figure 8 is a view in front elevation, and

Figure 9 is a view in edge elevation of the modified form of guard.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, and

first to Figures 1 to 5, my improved guard, in its preferred embodiment,comprises a substantially rectangular body I having reduced endextensions 2 in the longitudinal center thereof. The body I is crimpedin the longitudinal center thereof to form a trough-shaped front groove3 extending from end to end of said body, and is provided with a centralcircular aperture 4 extending through the same and also with similar endapertures 5. The body I, on each side of the crimp forming the groove 3curves transversely rearwardly from said groove, as at 6, and the sideedges I of said body are beveled, as shown.

A pair of transversely arcuate comb bars 8 are provided in the rear ofthe side edges 1 of the body I to extend parallel with said edges andwhich are set back substantially from said edges to provide a wideclearance 9 between the edges and said bar, and the bars 8 are formedwith right angled terminal extensions I0 branching from the reducedextensions 2. The comb bars 8 extend beyond the side edges 1 of the bodyI outwardly thereof and are provided with scalloped outer side edgesforming rounded forwardly curved teeth I I widely spaced apart.

As will now be seen, from an inspection of Figures 1 and 2, the groove 3and aperture 4 adapt the described guard for use in a Gillette razor ofthe type having a transversely curved blade clamp I2 provided with acentral, longitudinal rear key I3 on each side of a rearwardly extendingcentral screw stud I4, both extending through the blade I5, said keyfitting in said groove 3 and the stud I4 passing through the centralaperture 4 for turning of the usual socketed handle I6 on the studagainst the crimp forming the groove 3. Also, as shown in Figure 4, theapertures 4 and 5 adapt the guard for use in a Gillette" type of razorin which the blade clamp I! is provided with a pair of end studs I8 atopposite sides of the central screw stud I9, said studs being designedto pass through the blade 20 so that the handle 2| may be applied to thecentral stud as in the case of the previously described type of razor.

In the modification shown in Figures 6 to 9, the body 22 of the guard isof uniform width throughout, and the right angled terminal extensions 23of the comb bars 24 extend from the side edges 25 of said body at theends of the body. Otherwise the construction and arrangement is the sameas described in connection with the preferred embodiment of the guard.As will further be seen, the body 22 provides a greater area opposed tothe rear side of the blade 26 than is the case in the preferredembodiment of the invention.

Manifestly, the described guards are adapted for use in other types ofrazors than those described, but which it has not been deemed necessaryto illustrate in the drawings nor describe herein.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suffice to impart a clearunderstanding of my invention without further explanation, it beingunderstood that the present disclosure is illustrative rather thanrestrictive, and that the invention is susceptible of modifications inother respects than as described without departing from the inventiveconcept or the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A guard for a safety razor comprising an elongated rectangular bodyprovided with beveled side edges, and a pair of comb bars extendingalong said side edges parallel therewith and in of said groove, wherebysaid body is adapted to laterally spaced relation to said side edges,said fit a blade clamp having a central longitudinal bars having roundedforwardly curved teeth key and a central stud for attaching a, handle tothereon and right angled terminals connecting the clamp, said bodyhaving reduced end extenthe same to said body, said body being crimped 5sions from which said terminals extend obliquely. to provide a centrallongitudinal trough-like groove therein and a central aperture in theline. WALTER M. REYNOLDS.

